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The Making of CERAN Avignon: The case plan
Palencia, LuisCase ASN-63-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case was written for use in the case writing course of the International Faculty Program. The case is to be used after workshops in which participants practice the design of the opening paragraph, its difficulty, the structure of the case and the choice of exhibits. This is a case about how to write a case. It is based on a real IESE case study, "RELE Rouen: Language Immersion in Normandy," ASN-58-E.Starting at €8.20
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Biosafety Level Logistics (BLL)
Duro, Miguel; Grandes, Mª Jesús; Palencia, LuisCase C-803-EAccounting and ControlBiosafety Level Logistics (BLL) was a Swiss company specialized in providing biosecurity logistic services to other companies. In 2020, BLL obtained a five-year contract to provide bio-secure transportation services to several Swiss research centers specialized in the development of vaccines. To offer this service, BLL had to buy ten refrigerated trucks that had been meticulously adapted to transport the vaccines, forcing the company to decide on...Starting at €8.20
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And Now What Do We Do?: Management Tensions at IASoft
García Pont, Carlos; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-97-EDecision AnalysisIASoft was founded in March 2001 for the purpose of designing and supplying high-performance IT solutions for the automation of industrial plants. The company was the brainchild of three skilled engineers from different backgrounds who had met through their work. They had detected a market opportunity in high quality customizations and adaptations of standard software packages for sophisticated clients. The CEO of IASoft, now in his 50s, was star...Starting at €8.20
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Vicarsa (B): Arreglando un error en la venta
Torres, Óscar; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-37Service and Operations ManagementLa parte (B) de este caso suministra información no conocida durante la parte (A) e invita por ello a reflexionar sobre la cautela con la que hay que establecer soluciones en situaciones con información incompleta.Starting at €5.74
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Químicas Bages
Palencia, Luis; Rosenberg, MikeCase ASN-75Decision Analysis, StrategyEn 2019, el director de ventas de una mediana empresa fabricante de productos químicos para la agricultura debe decidir si rescinde el contrato de distribución con uno de sus distribuidores de toda la vida y, en su lugar, firmar otro con un recién llegado. Existen razones de peso tanto para mantener las relaciones con el antiguo distribuidor como para establecerlas con uno nuevo. La discusión del caso debería estructurarse en torno a un análisis ...Starting at €8.20
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Farmacia Vila Solé
Fernández, Albert; Palencia, LuisCase C-752Accounting and ControlLa farmacia ha de tomar tres decisiones en que se deben analizar los ingresos y costes diferenciales y discutir sobre si llevarlas a cabo o no. En concreto son la ampliación del local destinado al negocio de farmacia, una actividad promocional y la implantación de un sistema de incentivos en función de las ventas para los empleados de la farmacia.Starting at €8.20
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Visteon (A)
Boulent, M.; Palencia, Luis; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase C-721-EAccounting and ControlIn 1997, the Visteon management has to decide on the pricing of a door panel (DP) to be manufactured for the Nissan Almera. The company information system is used as a base for the pricing decision. The case explains the pricing process used.Starting at €8.20
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Doctor Music Networks
Bernal, J.; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-27-EInformation TechnologiesIn November 2000, an Internet start-up has to decide how to manage its advertising policy. One of the main shareholders of the company would prefer to hire a sales force, while the other would prefer to subcontract the operation to a specialized agency. Both have business and self-interested reasons for their choices. The case serves to analyze and weight different criteria and to asses risk in the highly volatile environment of Internet start-up...Starting at €8.20
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HotSpotNet Wireless
Ghosh, Anindya; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-34-EAccounting and Control, Knowledge and CommunicationA small start up, pioneer in deploying wireless Internet access hotspots in hotels must decide on its future. It can merge with another start up with a complemenmtary business but lower growth potential, or keep its existing business model seeking external financing and losing control in the process.Starting at €8.20
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Laboratorios Dermolán
Palencia, Luis; Grandes, Mª JesúsExercise CE-25-EAccounting and ControlIn 2011, Laboratorios Dermolán was a company that researched, developed and manufactured medicines to treat skin pathologies. It had been founded in Barcelona in 1970. Until 2008, it had also been involved in selling the products, with as many as 32 sales agents. Reduced margins due to increasing pressure on public health care spending and the limited competitiveness of some of its products led the company to begin recording losses in 2005.Starting at €8.20